Paper-controlling attachment for type-writing machines.



No. 635,795. Patented Dot. 3|, I899. R. E. E. DE MONTLUZIN.

PAPER CONTROLLING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

(Application filed Nov. 14, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNTTED STATES FFICE.

ROCH E. E. DE MONTLUZIN, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

PAPER-CONTROLLING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION formingcart of Letters Patent No. 635,7 95, dated October 31, 1899. Application filed November 14, 1898. Serial No. 696,433. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roon EUGENE EDGAR DE MONTLUZIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paper-Controlling Attachments for Type-VVriting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device whereby the paper when being written upon in a type-writing machine will be controlled and prevented from being blown and shaken by the wind or other causes.

My invention relates to an improvement on those paper-controlling attachments for typewriting machines which aresecured to the carriage thereof, and it comprises a frame consisting of two parallel upper and lower horizontal rods or bars and two approximately upright side bars or rods to which the horizontal bars or rods are secured at different heights, and pivot-screws adapted to pass through orifices in the lower ends of the side bars and to enter screw-threaded holes in the carriage of the machine, so as to secure the attachment to the carriage either in a vertical position or at an inclinationat will, according to the desire of the operator, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a perspective view showing my improved paper-controlling attachment secured to the carriage of a type-writing machine. Fig. 11 is an elevation of the left-hand side of the attachment. Fig. III is a front elevation of the attachment. Fig. IV is an elevation of the right-hand side of the attachment. Fig. V is an elevation of the left-hand side of the carriage and attachment shown in Fig. I.

1 is the frame of a carriage of a type-writing machine,having two screw-threaded holes located in the side bars of the carriage, in Which are threaded two pivot-screws 2.

3 represents my paper-controlling attachment, having a frame provided with two approximately upright side bars or rods at and 5 and two superposed horizontal bars or rods 'jacent to the lower orifice.

6 and '7, secured to the side bars or rods. The lower bar or rod 7 is located in position intermediate of the upper bar or rod 6 and the frame 1 of the carriage. Each side bar is formed with an upper orifice 8, an intermediate orifice 9, a lower orifice 10, and an inset or shoulder 11, located in close proximity or ad- The side bars 4 and 5 may be provided with lugs 12, providing stops located above and contiguous to the shoulders of the side bars. The upper bar 6 has reduced ends 13, secured in the upper orifices 8 of the side bars, and the lower bar 7 has reduced ends 14, secured in the intermediate orifices 9 of the side bars. The lower orifices receive the pivot-screws, whereby the attachment is connected with the back of the carriage.

15 represents a sheet of paper in the position it assumes and is held in relation to the carriage in passing around the roller 16. When it is desired to move the attachment, it

turns or swings back and forth easily upon the shanks of the pivot-screws, and when the carriage is in place on the machine the scope and sweep of the movement of the attachment is considerable.

The attachment when moved in its adjustment from the operator is arrested by the lug 12, which provides a stop, coming in contact with the frame of the carriage, and when moved toward the operator it is arrested by the lower bar '7 coming in contact with the roller 0f the machine. The lower bar 7 performs another function, stated hereinafter, and also serves to strengthen the device, while the lugs 12 prevent the attachment from falling back too far over the rear of the machine by coming in contact with the frame of the carriage.

In practice paper upon' which type-writing is to be done is placed around and under the roller in the usual manner, passing through the device under the lower bar 7. As the writing progresses the paper is gradually drawn forward, and when long enough to become troublesome or to be in the way it is passed through the attachment above the lower bar and below the upper bar, as shown. Thus the paper is prevented from flapping and beating about when there is any wind or move= ment of the air and is also prevented from falling down over and upon thellands of the operator and interfering with the operators work. The attachment is particularly useful when manifolding is being done. The attachment not being a fixture moves back and forth easily on the shanks of the pivotscrews, and when the machine is to be covered it is only necessary to turn or pull the attachment forward so that the bar 7 rests upon the roller of the machine, revolving on its pivot-screws, when it will be entirely out of the way and the machine may be covered without difficulty.

While I have shown each side bar provided with a lug 12, yet in practice one only of the lugs is generally used.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. Apaper-controllingattachment for typewriting machines, comprising two side bars, each formed with a shoulder near its lower end, the upper and lower horizontal bars between which the free' end of the paper is passed, and means whereby the side bars are secured at their lower ends to the frame of the carriage; substantially as described.

2. A paper-con trolling attachment for typewriting machines, comprising two side bars each formed with upper, intermediate and lower orifices and a shoulder adjacent to the lower orifice, the upper horizontal bar having its ends secured in the upper orifices, and the lower horizontal bar having its ends secured in the intermediate orifices, and the pivotscrews extending through the lower orifices and adapted to secure the attachment to the frame of the carriage; substantially as described.

3. A paper-controllin g attachment for typewriting machines comprising a frame consisting of two side bars and upper and lower horizontal bars between which the free end of the paper is controlled, a lug secured to one of the side bars and adapted to provide a stop which comes in contact with the frame of the carriage and limits the backward movement of the attachment, and means whereby the side bars are secured to the frame of the carriage; substantially as describedt R. E. E. DE MONTLUZIN.

\Vitnesses:

.TosEPn W. CARROLL, MAX IIUBERT. 

